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Graduating students from the School of Art and Design at the University of Gloucestershire will present the best of their work at the annual Degree Show exhibition (26-31 May from 10am-4pm each day).

The University of Gloucestershire has joined Higher Education (HE) institutions from around the world in signing the Declaration on Higher Education Sustainability for Rio+20.

Rugby League’s newest club will rub shoulders with stars from some of the sport’s most famous teams when the University of Gloucestershire All Golds get their first taste of professional Rugby League in the 2012 Rugby League 9s.

The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) has been commissioned to undertake some research for the North Sea Regional Advisory Council.

The University of Gloucestershire is seeking local people who are willing to host an overseas student this summer.

Staff and students from the University of Gloucestershire and UCAS went head to head in a series of competitive sports matches in the first ever Universities Week Challenge games, with the University coming out on top.

The RFL has today confirmed University of Gloucestershire All Golds as the third of four new teams that will join the semi-professional Championship 1 Rugby League competition in 2013.

Dr David Milan will be using state-of-the-art technology to help understand the legacy of devastating flooding in one of the world’s most important game reserves.

The University of Gloucestershire led Sport Malawi and Malawi 2012 project has won Gold at the prestigious London 2012 Games-inspired Podium Awards.

The Staff Awards 2012 celebrate both the University’s Excellence Awards and the Students’ Unions Student-Led Teaching Awards.

As Universities Week 2012 gets under way (30 April – 7 May), a new report launched this week shows the University of Gloucestershire’s involvement in the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic Games contribution.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was the invited guest at an event hosted by Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce on Friday 27th April.

Two lucky students have recently been awarded fantastic prizes as part of their commitment to sport and physical activity through the University of Gloucestershire’s new UNIversal Sport Programme launched this year.

Staff and students from the University of Gloucestershire and UCAS will go head to head in a series of competitive sports matches in the first ever Universities Week Challenge games.

From digital photography to web design, the University of Gloucestershire is offering a range of short courses for creative people starting this April and May.

Pupils from Woodmancote School in Gloucestershire are getting on board to help launch the Malawi 2012 Children’s Challenge, which will offer schools in Gloucestershire the chance to meet the visiting Olympic squad.

Science communicator and biologist Dr Adam Hart has just returned from a week’s filming in Trinidad with the BBC.

For the ninth year running, students from the University’s computing department have been working to provide entertaining and useful software applications.

The University of Gloucestershire is launching a new programme of fast-track degrees for 2012.

The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) has been researching the rural environment in the UK and beyond for more than twenty-five years!

Vince Freeman, who studied Sports & Exercise Science with Psychology at the University, is set for music stardom, after getting through the first round of television talent contest, The Voice.

Set up by professionals based in Gloucestershire, including Nick Sargeant and John Brewer from the University’s faculty of Media, Art and Technolgoy, the Cheltenham Design Foundation is hosting its first design festival in Cheltenham from April 20th

Forest-based social care company, LivesthroughFriends CIC, is one of the first organisations to benefit from an innovative business opportunity from the University of Gloucestershire, supported by GFirst.

The University of Gloucestershire led Sport Malawi and Malawi 2012 project has secured Gold or Silver at the prestigious London 2012 Games-inspired Podium Awards (3 May).

Environmentally-savvy students have helped the University of Gloucestershire to achieve a Gold Green Impact Award for the second year running.

Joining forces with the local community, students at the University of Gloucestershire have been making a change for the better in Cooper’s Edge, near Brockworth, as part of a sports-based project in the local school.

Following the success of last year’s event, the Cheltenham Poetry Festival and University of Gloucestershire are joining forces for a bigger and better celebration of the written word this year

Ben Richardson, winner of last year’s Enterprising Student Award gives an interview to the University of Gloucestershire about his experience of setting up his own business.

Preparations are now under way to welcome the Malawi Olympic team who are expected to arrive in Gloucestershire on June 25 for the pre-London 2012 Olympic Games Training Camp.

Pupils from Finlay Road school who have been enjoying a taste of university life celebrated their achievements at a special graduation ceremony.

Dr Chris Potter from the University of Gloucestershire has been appointed Project Manager for the new Strategic Partnership for Higher Education in Gloucestershire.

A group of 16 students primarily based at the University of Gloucestershire will be raising money for Help for Heroes by completing the Three Peaks Challenge but with a twist.

The University of Gloucestershire will be giving a warm welcome to England’s Women’s cricketers Beth Morgan and Lydia Greenway at a two day training camp on April 12 and 13.

Law students from the University of Gloucestershire are being judged as some of the brightest in the UK by reaching the final stages in the English Speaking Union – Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition.

The University of Gloucestershire formally unveils its strategic vision.

Students at the University of Gloucestershire are capturing life through a lens with a photographic competition and exhibition.

Biologist and Science Communicator Dr Adam Hart spent last week in the Central Valley of California with BBC Radio 4 making a documentary on the science and practice of migratory beekeeping in the USA.

Join scientists on a guided walk along the Herefordshire River Lugg, part of the Wye European Special Area of Conservation, and learn about how science can inform how we manage rivers.

Wiltshire-based graduates wishing to train as primary school teachers will have the opportunity to study closer to home, thanks to a partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and the Drove Primary School.

Xposed Club Celebrates Silent Films Featuring Peter Urpeth, Stuart Wilding and the Cheltenham Improvisers’ Orchestra

Friday 2 March, Blackout and Sustainability Fayre, University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Oxstalls Lane, Gloucester, GL2 9HW.

Thirteen University of Gloucestershire All Golds have been selected for the South West Student Rugby League representative squad following recent trials at the Bristol Academy of Sport.

Former student scoops medal at debut Senior World Championship bobsleigh event Former Geography and Sport & Exercise Sciences student and Sports Scholar Lizzy Yarnold won a bronze medal in the women's Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid.

Fairtrade Fortnight at University of Gloucestershire With a bake off, food tastings, and a chance to chew over the bigger issues, staff and students at the University of Gloucestershire are working up an appetite for Fairtrade Fortnight 2012.

Businesses from around the county are being invited to the first event of its kind organised in partnership between University of Gloucestershire students and the Hester’s Way Neighbourhood Project (HWNP), Cheltenham.

Rugby Union players from the University of Gloucestershire have raised over £2,000 for Cancer Research from a month of fundraising events.

Saturday 25 February: Reminiscence Theatre Performance and Exhibition, the Picturedrome Theatre, Barton Street, Gloucester.

The University of Gloucestershire has teamed up with Active Gloucestershire to offer students the chance to be part of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy-led Sports Makers programme.

Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE has been announced as the new Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire.

Celebrating cultures from around the world, students at the University of Gloucestershire are hosting an International Mother Language Day on behalf of UNESCO.

From volunteering to work placements, there’s so much more to university life than the classroom.

There has recently been a lot of excitement about a big cat that has apparently been attacking deer and wallabies in the environs of Stroud in Gloucestershire.

A group of university students and their lecturers are raising £2,000 towards building a dam in the mountains of south Sinai.

Jon Briggs, who has one of the most recognisable voices in the country, has been to the University of Gloucestershire to talk to Journalism and Radio Production students about the power of the voice.

Postgraduate Open Event: Park Campus, Wednesday 15 February, 4pm-7pm. Whether you’re in education or the workplace, boosting your career prospects is at the heart of the University of Gloucestershire’s Postgraduate Event.

The University of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire College and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) are coming together to scope the development of a new strategic partnership for higher education in the county.

The University of Gloucestershire has linked-up with last year’s rugby league Carnegie Champion College winners, Wakefield College, in a bid to bring new talent to the South West.

Park Campus’ Library Information Technologist and former Paralympic athlete, Mark Chard, has been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Cheltenham this May.

A study, undertaken by the University of Gloucestershire, has shown that NHS patients in Gloucestershire who were prescribed art classes by their GPs improved their well-being.

Media professionals from across the country attended the official industry launch of the new Media School at University of Gloucestershire last night (Thursday 8 December).

The arrival of rugby league's famous Super League trophy to Gloucestershire this week marked the launch of a new schools programme attracting aspiring players to the sport.